Book Q&A: Steve Silberman author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity talks with Dylan Matthews about the history of autism. (FiveThirtyEight)
Quote of the Day
"There’s simply no real substitute for physical presence."
(Frank Bruni)
Chart of the Day
This daily fantasy thing feels like the poker boom/bubble. – Nate Silver (@NateSilver538)
Autos
- The big auto makers are betting you will still want to own your car in the future. (qz.com)
- Car crashes are on the rise and Warren Buffett blames texting. (wsj.com)
- Automatic braking systems will soon be standard equipment on cars. (nytimes.com)
Air transport
- Airline profits are soaring but smaller cities are getting dropped. (wsj.com)
- The dirtiest places on an airplane, ranked. (washingtonpost.com)
Technology
- Measuring the health (and death) of apps by tracking Tweets. (buzzfeed.com)
- How Apple ($AAPL) built 3-D Touch. (bloomberg.com)
- A smoke detector that detects gas before ignition. (slate.com)
The brain
- School starts too darn early for most kids. (student.societyforscience.org)
- Successful scientists also have an interest in art as well. (priceonomics.com)
- This is THE key factor for happiness. (techinsider.io)
- On the importance of taking a technology break. (qz.com)
- How to keep your brain young. (health.harvard.edu)
Food
- Why are we so bad at getting surplus food to those who need it? (vox.com)
- There is no single Paleo diet. (vox.com)
- Kids still aren't eating fruits and veggies in their school lunches. (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
- McDonalds' ($MCD) is committing to 100% cage-free eggs. (qz.com)
- The cost of breakfast is at a five-year low. (ft.com)
- Whereas the price of beef is soaring. (wsj.com)
- 4 tips for barbecue success. (vox.com)
Sports
- If sports teams' data is valuable they will have to protect it as such. (techcrunch.com)
- How an orthopedic surgeon became a sports radio star. (story.californiasunday.com)
- "The Ranch" that is changing how MLB pitchers train and pitch. (espn.go.com)
- Predicting NFL season results is folly. (nytimes.com)
Daily fantasy sports
- Daily fantasy is truly becoming a daily phenomenon. (bloomberg.com)
- An ongoing challenge for daily fantasy sports: players that lose. (bloomberg.com)
Entertainment
- A profile of Popcorn Time the world's fastest growing piracy site. (dn.no)
- Why Netflix ($NFLX) doesn't let users download shows and movies. (gizmodo.com)
- The economics of the cover song. (kottke.org)
- Why television and movies will never truly meld. (washingtonpost.com)
- The Weather Channel is going to get back to its scientific roots. (slate.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you may have missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: unpredictable social moods. (abnormalreturns.com)
